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Noncognitive skills in economics: Models, measurement, and empirical evidence
Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
There is an increasing economic literature considering personality traits as a source of individual differences in labor market productivity and other outcomes. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects: measurement, development over the life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646605
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Noncognitive skills in economics: Models, measurement, and empirical evidence
Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
There is an increasing economic literature considering personality. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects of economic analysis: measurement, theoretical modeling, and empirical estimates. Based on the relevant literature from different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008500712
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The effects of short-term training measures on the individual unemployment duration in West Germany
Hujer, Reinhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Zeiss, Christopher - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
Short-term training measures are the most important intervention of German active labor market policy in terms of persons promoted. However, evidence on the impacts of programs is missing. This study analyzes the effects of these programs on the individual unemployment duration in West Germany....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098205
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Training and individual performance in Europe: evidence from microeconometric studies
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000
Learning at school and university and also at the work place has become more important in the knowledge-based economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098427
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Variation of learning intensity in late adolescence and the impact on noncognitive skills
Büttner, Bettina; Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
Despite the interdependence between cognitive and noncognitive skills, empirical studies have shown a longer period of acquisition in life-time for the latter besides relevance for educational and labor market success. Analyzing returns of investments during different periods of life is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869227
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Effects of age at school entry (ASE) on the development of non-cognitive skills: Evidence from psychometric data
Mühlenweg, Andrea M.; Blomeyer, Dorothea; Laucht, Manfred - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
We identify effects of age at school entry (ASE) on the development of child temperament. Our analysis is based on … respective temperamental dimension before entering school. We also show that the ASE effect on persistence is stable over time by … comparing the children at age eight and age eleven, after the children have entered Germany's segregated secondary-school tracks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008869231
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Which form of venture capital is most supportive of innovation?
Bertoni, Fabio; Tykvová, Tereza - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
Although there seems to be consensus in the literature that venture capital investors increase the innovation output of their portfolio companies, there is little evidence about how investor type (governmental vs. private) and transaction structure (syndicated vs. non-syndicated) moderate this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985652
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University rankings in action? The importance of rankings and an excellence competition for university choice of high-ability students?
Horstschräer, Julia - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
This paper analyzes how high-ability students respond to different indicators of university quality when applying for a university. Are some quality dimensions of a ranking, e.g. research reputation or mentoring more important than others? I estimate a random utility model using administrative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369491
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The effects of the bologna process on college enrollment and drop-out rates
Horstschräer, Julia; Sprietsma, Maresa - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
This paper estimates the short-term effects of the introduction of the Bachelor degree in the framework of the Bologna Process on college enrollment and drop-out rates. We use variation in the timing of the Bachelor implementation at the department level to identify the effect of the reform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536038
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Public Universities, Tuition and Competition: A Tiebout Model
Schwager, Robert - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
A simple Tiebout model is presented where states provide university education to both immobile and mobile students. State governments choose the quality of public universities by trading off the value of education for the local immobile student population and the costs, net of tuition revenues,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097878